Weather notes and local updates from Decatur area
The weather outlook for today forecast cloudy skies with occasional rain in east and central portions, then colder tonight. Midday cotton quotes show middling at 32.5 and strict low at 30.5. Various local items follow including church prayer services at Central Methodist Church for 30, Betty Sue French’s tonsillectomy, Paul Brown of Penney Co visiting Decatur, and Kiwanis president Jimmy Williams’ first meeting at Hotel Lyons.
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Decatur
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Jimmy Williams
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Williams
Kiwanis
Cooler Weather May End Rain Here
Decatur residents welcomed a drop in temperature as readings fell to 47 at noon and 51 at 7 A.M. The day rose to 58 by afternoon with hourly figures showing a steady cool trend and hopes for relief from heavy rains.
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Decatur
Royer Extradition Hearing Delayed in Arkansas
The Pryor Royer extradition hearing in Little Rock has been postponed and will occur before the incoming administration of Gov. Sid McMath. Attorneys for Royer, a 62 year old Draper escapee, could not be ready, delaying the case as Alabama and Arkansas officials coordinate. Royer, a former Moulton minister, was sentenced to life for the shooting of a deacon.
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Pryor Royer
Little Rock
Ark
Roy Smith
Arkansas
Ben Laney
Draper
Forest City
E. J. Butler
Burk Mann
Smith
Consey
Moulton
Sidney McMath
McMath
Alabama
Oyer
Speigner
Lawrence
Frank Pickens
North
Dacon
MPs Convicted in Major European Bribery Case
Two American military police face conviction and two more arrested in a sweeping bribery scandal tied to an illegal cigarette import ring in Europe. A fraulein, Yetta Winter, led to the case, with GI lover William E. Brown accused of earning about 40000 dollars from brisk cigarette deals in just over a year. Corporal James C. Schneider and Private Roscoe E. Stephens already convicted.
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Munich
Germany
Convic
U. S. Army
Army
Yetta Winter
Pfc
William E. Brown
Brown
Austria
Elmer K. Bogart
Salzburg
Corp
James C. Schneider
Roscoe E. Stephens
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Reds hold line as Chiang peace feeler sparks bargaining talk
Shanghai dispatch notes the Communist New China News Agency calling Chiang Kai-shek’s peace overtures a delaying action and vowing to fight to the finish. Yenan radio first aired the hint, prompting analysts to see potential bargaining on both sides, with the Reds claiming military upper hand.
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Communist
New China News Agency Today
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Sin Wan Pao
Yenan Radio
Chiang
Red News Agency
Hummingbird Delayed By Steam Engine Incident
The Southbound Hummingbird arrived at 4:15 this morning, six hours late, after a wreck north of town. Railroad officials said the train carried a steam engine instead of the usual diesel, causing the delay and damage to the engine.
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Tur
Rickard Reinstated After Grove Hill Transfer Vote
MONTGOMERY AL Jan 5 A Highway Department employee formerly fired for refusing a transfer was rehired when he agreed to move from Decatur to Grove Hill in a similar post Rickard equipment superintendent at Decatur accepted reinstatement on condition of the Grove Hill transfer He had refused the move last October citing political motives connected to Mayor Summers election and subsequent appointment by Gov Folsom The highway director denied political intent and cited discord in the Decatur shop as a reason for the transfer
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Montgomery
Ala
Highway Department
Rickard
Decatur
Ward Pai
McFarland
Grove —Hill
South Alabama
H. R. Summer
Summer
James E. Folsom
Decatur Highway
Fire Chief’s Car Damaged in City Collision
Fire Chief Floyd Elkins’s 1940 Ford coupe was damaged Tuesday afternoon in a crash with a half-ton pickup at Sherman’s and Sixth Avenue. No injuries were reported. The pickup was driven by Dewitt Shirley of Decatur. Patrolmen Terry and Jacobs investigated the incident.
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Floyd Elkins
Sherman 'S
Sixth Avenue
Johnston Street
Dewitt Shirley
Decatur 1
Elkins
Sixth Ave
Sherman
Terry and
Jacobs
Ladies Night Program Slated by Decatur Jaycees
A Jaycees night of entertainment and dinner for wives and guests is planned for January 18 with time and venue to be announced. A committee led by George Perry Sam Patton Bill Baldwin Jerry Comer Giles and H B Bowzee was formed to organize activities. Local members will attend the North Alabama Jaycees board meeting in Montgomery January 15 16, and festival plays will be sold at the door with sales later at local business locations.
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Jaycees
Power Sey
George Perry
Sam Patton
Bill Baldwin
Jerry Comer
Giles
H. B. Bowzee
Montgomery
Charlies H. Parker
Sam
Parker
North Alabama
Heavy Rain Blocks Traffic In Decatur Area
Flooded streets and highways blocked travel as heavy rain drenched Decatur since Sunday night. The Weather Bureau logged 2.78 inches in the last 24 hours, with 6.99 inches total since the storm began. A Decatur family was evacuated by rowboat as U S Highway 31 near Lacén flooded, and residents in the Country Club area missed work due to water on Somerville Road. Sgt. W B Little of the Highway Patrol warned of continuing trouble. officials reported 12 inches of water on the highway.
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Decatur
Weather Bureau
W. B. Little
Highway Patrol
Country Club
Somerville Road
Lacén
Little
Evacuations Under Way Across Middle Tennessee
Police report more than 100 families evacuated in Lincoln County due to Elk River floods with water overrunning streams. Additional evacuations in McMinnville Lynchburg and Shelbyville affected about 25 families. Five inches of rain since Sunday, Main Street Fayetteville flooded beyond fording, schools closed, rural mail service halted.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Otis Dye
Lincoln County
Elk River
McMinnville
Lynchburg
Shelbyville
Middle Tennessee
South Main Street
Heavy flood damage blocks Alabama roads near Decatur
Severe weather left Alabama 24 near Decatur blocked eleven miles west as water reached headlight level. A landslide on 31 at Bangor forced one way traffic while Alabama 38 was shut at Oneonta. Flooding closed Alabama 20 from Whiteside to Huntsville and extended to Tuscombia with rising Duck River causing unease. A Lime Stone County car slid off without injuries. City crews fixed debris, rescued a waterbound Olive Street couple and infant by rowboat, and water reached the Davis home floor at 1028 Olive Street.
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Bangor
Alabama 38
Oneonta
Alabama 20
Whiteside
Huntsville
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Limestone County
Little
Joe Elliott
City
Elliott
Olive Street
Hector Davis
Davis
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E. C. Grady
T. F. Nelson
Bank negligence charged in suit to recover cash
Newton NC January 5 Carroll G Temple Sr filed a complaint alleging First National Bank of Catawba County was negligent allowing his son Granda Temple to obtain access to a vault key and forge withdrawals from a savings box. The suit seeks 50000 damages noting more than 50000 in cash and war bonds were forged and cashed with one bond worth 50 remaining unmatured. No charges were brought against the boy.
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Newton
N. C
Carroll G. Temple Sr
Granda
Bert Temple
First National Bank
Catawba County
Temple
Carroll Jr
Four Aims For Baseball Park In Decatur Morgan Legion Plans
Morgan county post of the American Legion outlines four aims for a modern baseball park on Legion property near U S 31 south of Decatur. The $61,000 project funds include $21,000 in property, $10,000 via a donation, $10,000 from 20 boxes at $500, and $20,000 from 800 grand stand tickets at $25. The field will be lighted for night baseball, support junior American Legion baseball, host semi professional games at a reasonable price, and meet organized baseball standards while fostering a future professional base ball presence in the Valley. Lloyd L. Lively leads the financial campaign as plans are studied for public release.
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Morgan County
American Legion
Decatur
James R. Williams
Legion
U. S. 31
The
Lloyd L. Lively
Tax Payment At High Figure In Morgan County
Tax receipts totaled 48668.85 last Wednesday per Tax Collector Alvis Briscoe, reflecting many paying at the last minute. Distribution split: State 7700.98, Morgan County 12197.72, school funds 7398.40, city board 2858.14, Decatur 14988.30, other towns 2180.29, Trinity 16.98, revenue official 1.00.
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Morgan
Alvis Briscoe
State of Alabama
Morgan County
C. L. Allgood
J. T. McMullins
City Board of Education
Austinville
City of
Decatur
Falkville
Trinity
L. Howell
Board of Revenue and Control
Woman Quizzed In The Death of Her 6th Husband
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 5 Forty nine year old Mrs Gill is held in jail for questioning in the slaying of her sixth husband Ed Gill 65 was found shot in the back of the head in a suburban street near Memphis Sheriff James Thompson said no charges have been filed yet He disclosed that Roy Calvert of Little Rock her second husband was shot to death in 1919 and Mrs Calvert was freed on a verdict of justifiable.
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Memphis
Tenn
Roy Calvert
Little Rock
Worst Blizzard Abating in Plains Today
The Associated Press reports the season's worst blizzard eased in parts of the Western plains with relief from the three day storm. The Dakotas and Western Nebraska still faced heavy conditions while Wyoming Colorado Kansas Utah and Idaho began the heavy task of digging out. Officials said the storm would move out of the Dakotas and Nebraska within 24 hours.
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Dakotas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Utah
Idaho
Victims buried after Arkansas tornado disaster
Warren Arkansas mourns as 54 residents are buried after Monday's tornado the worst disaster in the town of 7500. Five more die in surrounding areas bringing fatalities to 59 across North Louisiana and Arkansas. Emergency stations treat 275 injured amid widespread destruction including 120 homes demolished 92 major damages and 150 damaged. Red Cross notes 250 affected families.
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Warren
Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Red Cross
Plains Snow Storm Strands Thousands Across Midwest
Weather across the plains left many busi ness segments staggered as storms marooned about 8 000 in Wyoming Colorado Nebraska and 2 500 in Utah Idaho. Trains stalled and travel became nearly impossible with planes and communications disrupted.
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Red Cross
Midwest
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Utah
Idaho
Plains
Dakotas
Folsom Proposes State Operated TVA Style Power Plan
Governor James E. Folsom proposes a state operated little TVA to generate and sell low cost power in Alabama. The plan would use Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, borrow from the RFC, and require a constitutional amendment. He aims to counter expected power shortages and spur transportation fuel. Also today the legislative council advised changes to voter registration rules to tighten purging and allow county boards to meet more often.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Little Tva
Alabama
Legislative Council
Council
Folsom
TVA
Coosa
Tallapoosa
R.F.C
Legislative Reference Service
J. P. Shetton
Tuscaloosa
Green County
Plane overshoots field. 34 escape injury at Birmingham
Thirty four passengers escaped serious injury when an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 overshot Birmingham municipal airport in rain. The craft, en route from Philadelphia to New Orleans, landed off the runway and was heavily damaged. Passengers used a side door ladder and a rope from the tail to descend. The flight continued afterward.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eastern Air Lines
Municipal
Philadelphia
Orleans
L. L. Wiles
Anders Case Docketed For Trial Here On Feb 1
Morgan circuit court opens January 24 before Judge J. H. Crow Jr. with twenty four criminal cases and thirty six civil suits on the docket. One hundred forty eight witnesses are expected for the Anders case on February 14, with 120 for the defendant. Anders a Hartseller farmer was to be tried in December for second degree murder in the shooting of John Snarkman. The state failed to admit two defense witnesses causing a continuance. Two capital cases also listed on the docket.
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Morgan Circuit Court
J. H. Crow Jr
Vero Anders
Anders
John Snarkman
Houston
Russell
Truman Proposes $4 Billion Taxes and Social Reform
President Truman laid before Congress a program calling for about $4,000,000,000 in new taxes and a broad expansion of government in social and economic fields. He asked authority for wage and price controls, power to build plants if funded, repeal of Taft-Hartley, universal military training, civil rights laws, and expanded social security with health insurance. The State of the Union was read to a packed Senate gallery and aired by networks and Voice of America. Reactions split among lawmakers with support for pledges and concerns about taxes and liberal reforms.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
Oase
State Department
Voice of America
Lucas
Illinois
Latt
Ohio
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
England
Doughton
D-Nc
Rose Wary
Coughton
George
Finance Committee
Cullman Educator Richard Johnston in Critical Condition
Richard Pierce Johnston, prominent Cullman resident and longtime educator, is listed in critical condition at Cullman hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday afternoon. He was admitted in a car in front of a local grocery and is currently under an oxygen tent.
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Richard Pierce Johnston
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Johnston
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